Supporting-bandage.



No. 731,201. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903 L. R. MILLER & E. T. RIOHBRT.SUPPORTING BANDAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1908.

UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE,

SUPPORTlNG-BANDAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,201, dated June 16,1903.

Application filed January 28, 1903. Serial No. 140,877. (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that we, LEE R. MILLER and EMANUEL T. RICHERT, citizens ofthe United porting-Bandages, of which the following .is

a complete specification.

Our invention has relation to the produc-- tion of a supporting-bandagefor retaining a medicated or absorbent compress on the end of the peniswith a View to retaining thereon a compress containing medicine for thetreatment of an injury or sore on the head of the glans or to receive adischarge from the urethra incident to a diseased condition thereof.

The object of our invention is to produce an adjustable elastic bandagecapable of holding a compress of a suitable kind on the head of thepenis with a view to the treatment thereof or the reception of adischarge incident to a diseased condition thereof which shall beadjustable with relation to its distance from the body of the patientand arranged to be provided with supports of sufficient elasticity to becapable of withdrawal from contact with the member to be treated with aview to permitting a renewal of the compress contained therein or topermit the patient to urinate.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid object, ourinvention consists inthe peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination of thevarious parts hereinafter described and then specifically claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof,

In the drawing, which represents a perspective view of our device, 1 isa sack-like body of a thin and generally semitransparent substance, suchas vulcanized india rubber, around the open mouth of which isa-reinforcing-band 2, consisting of one or more layers of a substancesimilar to that of which the sack-like body is composed and adherentthereto. This cap is generally provided on its sides with openings 3 forthe purposes of ventilation, and it is preferable to have the band 2extend and encircle these openings with aviewvto reinforcing them andpreventing their tearing out or enlarging unintentionally. On this bandis sewed or otherwise securely fastened adesired number of hooks 4,which are of the ordinary construction of hooks used in dressmaking, toaccompany eyes formed to engage them, In rconstructing these hooks forthis purpose the upper free end of the hook is generally bent downtoward the base portion so closely as to tightly compress any substanceplaced between them. From each of these hooks lead elastic bands 5 to abelt 6, which is adapted to surround the body and is provided with abuckle for the purposes of drawing the belt snugly. The elastic bands 5are preferably of round fabric-covered strips of india-rubber ofsufficient elasticity to permit of considerable stretching. The bands 5are arranged to be placed under the reflected ends of the hooks 4 and tobe retained there sufficiently firmly to sustain the cap 1 in a desiredposition, while permitting upon an unusual strain achange of locationsuch as to allow the cap to be drawn closer to the body of the wearer orremoved farther therefrom with a view to adapting the device todifferent persons.

It is obvious from the description heretofore given that by placing acompress, either medicated or absorbent, in the end of the cap andapplying the belt around the waist of the wearer the cap containing thecompress may be readily placed over the glans of the penis and adjustedby'means of the bands 5 .in the hooks 4 to accurately fit the wearer,and this cap and its inclosed compress may be easily removed therefromfor renewal of the compress or to permit the wearer to urinate by simplygrasping the cap in the hand and stretching the bands 5. This device,therefore, furnishes a simple elastic ad justable device for the purposenamed which is said cords being detachably connected to said adapted todifferent persons and will at all cap by means of clamps 4L.

times insure a sufficient pressure on the In testimony that we claim theabove We mount of the urethra to keep thereon a comhereunto set ourhands in the presence of two 15 5 press for any desired purpose.subscribing witnesses.

' What we claim, and desireto secure by Let- I EE R MILLER PatentEMANUEL T. RIOHERT.

A supporting bandage comprising a ventilated cap shaped to cover theglans penis and In presence of 10 terminating at the base of the glans;and O. E. HUMPHREY,

elastic cords for holding said cap in position, W. H. BOWMAN.

